Montgomery Ward

[tanyab255]

Ok, I BK7 last year and wanted to rebuild my credit and Montgomery Ward offered me a line of credit with them. I was approved for $250. I purchased a lot of over priced items thinking what the heck its a tradeline well two months later and no TL. I called and was told the only way they report to the CRA is if I go into collections but they don't report good history.

 

WTH, I will be paying them off this month and closing them fast...

 

So, for anyone out there who get a pre-approval catalog just note they do not report so don't waste your time on over priced item....

[kingair312tu]

...dont know where to start with this one I wasnt even aware montgomery ward was still around

[JetTeach]

...dont know where to start with this one I wasnt even aware montgomery ward was still around

EXACTLY what I was thinking.

[jazbob]

I think they are online only now. I could be wrong though.

 

-jaz

[GEORGE]

...dont know where to start with this one I wasnt even aware montgomery ward was still around

Somebody bought the company name

 

I assume it is 100% MAILORDER

Edited April 7, 2010 by GEORGE

[tanyab255]

...dont know where to start with this one I wasnt even aware montgomery ward was still around

Somebody bought the company name

 

I assume it is 100% MAILORDER

 

 

 

LOL...

Yes, they are only mail order..

[TexasinATL]

Yeah, wow, that is old school....

[ElderGeek]

The "new" Montgomery Ward is owned by Swiss Colony. As far as I know, it's

the same back-end operation with the same rule set.

[GEORGE]

DAD HATED SHOPPING MOST OF THE TIME...but for some reason he liked SEARS and MONKEY WARDS

Edited April 7, 2010 by GEORGE

[mooneyes]

I liked Monkey Wards because they had tires. My original 1992 Montgomery Wards credit card is still on my credit reports. I thought I didn't have a card after they went bankrupt/closed.

[cocomad]

...dont know where to start with this one I wasnt even aware montgomery ward was still around

EXACTLY what I was thinking.

Yeah I thought they went out of business in the 80's???

[kingair312tu]

...dont know where to start with this one I wasnt even aware montgomery ward was still around

EXACTLY what I was thinking.

Yeah I thought they went out of business in the 80's???

 

early 90's I remember my dad had a Wards card, when they folded, they pretty much sold all their accounts to a junk debt buyer, although minus the negative reporting im sure. As far as age though I've recently been going over my grandmothers credit reports at the request of my dad who is POA, and it was really crazy to see a still open dillards account that was opened in 1960. Talk about really good AAOA

[Lynn37]

I thought MW was out of business? They had a store local in 1995, I got a great deal on a living room set.

[kingair312tu]

I thought MW was out of business? They had a store local in 1995, I got a great deal on a living room set.

 

Yes Circuit City is out of business too, Systemax just bout the IP and now operates it under their umbrella, looks like the same was done here

[GEORGE]

...dont know where to start with this one I wasnt even aware montgomery ward was still around

EXACTLY what I was thinking.

Yeah I thought they went out of business in the 80's???

 

early 90's I remember my dad had a Wards card, when they folded, they pretty much sold all their accounts to a junk debt buyer, although minus the negative reporting im sure. As far as age though I've recently been going over my grandmothers credit reports at the request of my dad who is POA, and it was really crazy to see a still open dillards account that was opened in 1960. Talk about really good AAOA

MANY MW CARDS WENT TO--->GE MONEY BANK (WALMART)

 

The ones that were positive accounts

[foeplay]

Holy crap I was a kid when I used to shop at montgomery ward, what's the dealio? Am I dreaming?

[GEORGE]

Holy crap I was a kid when I used to shop at montgomery ward, what's the dealio? Am I dreaming?

THEY WENT BK

 

THEY CLOSED ALL THE STORES

 

Somebody bought the name and they do only mail order

[rastoma]

I've recently been going over my grandmothers credit reports at the request of my dad who is POA, and it was really crazy to see a still open dillards account that was opened in 1960. Talk about really good AAOA

 

That's cool.

 

What's the CL? If she's never asked for a GLI, you should call and see what they'd give on a 50yo account?

[nekom]

Ha! I remember that place. We bought a VCR once there when I was a kid. Whole stack of boxed VCRs but oh no no, you can't have any of those, can't just take them to the register. Oh nonono, you need to check out and get a receipt then go to the warehouse in back to get your VCR. We never went back after that.

 

I guess